01021901 Clark Gabel who played Rhett Butler in the movie Gone with the wind is born 01021931 The Russian President from 1991 1999 Boris Yeltsin is born ID: 932365
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THIS MONTH IN HISTORYFEBRUARY
01/02/1901. Clark Gabel who played Rhett Butler in the
movie: Gone with the wind is born.
01/02/1931. The Russian President from 1991 – 1999
Boris Yeltsin is born.
01/02/2014 Maximilian Schnell. Famous
Austrian – Swiss Actor, Director,
Producer & Screenwriter dies..
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02/02/1829 Charles Sturt discovered Darling River, Australia.
02/02/1862 New Zealand’s first railway, the Don Mountain line, is opened in Nelson.
02/02/1882 James Joyce. Irish novelist and poet, is born.
02/02/1943 The last German troops surrendered in the Battle of Stalingrad during WWII.
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03/02/1809 Felix
Mendelsson
, German composer, born.
03/02/1821 Elizabeth Blackwell, first modern female doctor is born.
03/02/1966 Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft landed on the moon.
Slide404/02/1948 Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) became
independent.
04/02/1902. Charles A Lindbergh, American
Aviator who made the 1
st
. non stop
flight across the Atlantic is born.04/02/1945. The Yalta conference during W.W. 2. begins to decide the division of Europe after W.W.2. ends.
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04/02/2012 The death of Florence Green. Britain’s
last surviving veteran of W.W.1. dies.
05/02/1827. Peter Lalor, the leader of the Eureka
stockade in Victoria in 1854 is born.
05/02/1985. Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese soccer star
is born.
Slide606/02/1685 King Charles II of England dies.
06/02/1840 Waitangi Day, New Zealand.
06/02/1895. Babe Ruth, Baseball Legend is born.
06/02/1911 Ronald Reagan. American actor &
40
th
President of the USA is born.06/02/1912 Eva Braun. Adolf Hitler’s mistress is born.
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06/02/1952 King George VI of England dies.
06/02/1958 8 Manchester United players are killed in the Munich Air Disaster.
07/02/1812 Charles Dickens, British novelist is born.
07/02/1856 The Tasmanian Parliament became the 1
st
ever Parliament to provide for elections by secret ballot.07/02/1912 Sir Russell Drysdale, Australian painter, is born.
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07/02/1935 The game ‘Monopoly’ was invented.
07/02/1974 Grenada becomes independent.
07/02/1990 The collapse of the Soviet Union is finalised.
07/02/2009 Brian Naylor, Australian Television Broadcaster, who was one of the 173
victims of the Victorian fires, dies.
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08/02/1587 Mary, Queen of Scots is executed.
08/02/1725 Tsar Peter 1
st
of Russia dies.
08/02/1828 Jules Verne, French novelist is born.
08/02/1904. Russo – Japanese War begins..
Slide1009/02/1737 Thomas Paine, American author of “The Rights of Man” is born.
09/02/1770 Captain James Cook completed the circumnavigation of the North Island of New Zealand.
09/02/1897 Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford
Smith is born
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09/02/1900 The Davis Cup Tennis competition was established.
09/02/1922 Jim Laker, famous English cricketer is born.
09/02/1944
Derryn
Hinch, Australian Media personality is born.10/02/1955 Glenn McGrath. Famous Australian cricketer is born.10/02/1955 Greg Norman. Famous Australian Golfer, is born.
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10/02/1964 A collision occurred between the Australian Aircraft Carrier HMAS Melbourne and the Destroyer HMAS Voyager & 82 sailors were killed.
10/02/2005 Arthur Miller. American Playwright and
author of “The Crucible” dies.
10/02/2014 Shirley Temple. Famous American
childhood actress, singer, dancer &
Diplomat dies.
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11/02/1847 Thomas A. Edison inventor
is born.
11/02/2012. Whitney Houston. Famous
American singer dies.
12/02/1809 Charles Darwin, British
naturalist is born.
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12/02/1912 Russell Drysdale, Australian painter, is born.
13/02/1743 Sir Joseph Banks the botanist who sailed with Captain James Cook is born.
13/02/2008 Australian Prime Minister – Kevin Rudd
issues formal apology on behalf of
the Australian Government to the
Stolen Generation.
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14/02 Valentine’s Day
14/02/1779 Capt. James Cook is killed by
natives in Hawaii.
14/02/1966 Australia converts from Pounds
Sterling to Decimal Currency.14/02/1977. Cadel Evans – the first Australian to win the Tour de France is born.
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15/02/1564 Galileo, Italian astronomer and physicist, is born.
15/02/1874 Sir Ernest
Shackelton
. Irish Antarctic explorer is born.
15/02/1942 The Japanese conquered Singapore in WWII.
15/02/1965 Nat King Cole. American singer dies.15/02/1970 Sir Hugh Dowding. Commander of the RAF Fighter Command during WWII, dies.
Slide1716/02/1959. Fidel Castro is sworn in as Premier of
Cuba.
16/02/1973
.
Australian Aboriginal Track Star
Cathy Freeman is born.
17/02/1801 An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr was resolved when the House of Representatives elected Thomas Jefferson as President & Aaron Burr as Vice President of the USA. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY
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17/02/1864 Banjo Paterson, Australian poet, lawyer and grazier is born.
17/02/1963. Michael Jordan, Basketball Legend is
born.
18/02/1516 Mary
Ist
. The first reigning queen of England is born.18/02/1546. Martin Luther, German Religious Leader dies.18/02/1898 Enzo Ferrari, founder of the Ferrari Motor Company is born.
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18/02/1965 Gambia becomes an independent
nation.
18/02/2014. Maria Von Trapp . Whose life the Musical
and Film the Sound of Music was based
on dies.
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19/02/1473 Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer, is born.
19/02/1878 Thomas A. Edison patented the phonograph.
19/02/2016 American Author – Harper Lee – dies.
20/02/1962 John H. Glenn, Jr. Astronaut, became the first American to orbit the Earth.
21/02/1613 Mikhail 1
st was elected Tsar of Russia beginning the Romanov Dynasty.
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21/02/1848 Karl Marx &
Friederick
Engels publish the Communist Manifesto.
21/02/1910 Douglas “Tin Legs” Bader. English WWII Fighter pilot is born.
21/02/1916 The Battles of Verdun began during WWI
21/02/1924 Robert Mugabe – Current President of Zimbabwe is born.21/02/1965 American Civil Rights Leader Malcolm X was assassinated.
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21/02/1972 US President Richard Nixon visited China thereby establishing Diplomatic Relations between the 2 countries.
22/02/1857 Robert Baden Powell, founder of the Scout movement is born.
22/021879 Norman Lindsay, Australian artist and writer, born.
22/02/1935 Senator Edward Kennedy is born.
Slide2322/02/1732. George Washington, the 1
st
. President
of the U.S.A. is born.
22/02/2011. An earthquake measuring 6.3 on
the Richter scale occurs in
Christchurch, New Zealand killing 185 people.THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY
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.23/02/1633 Samuel Pepys, English diarist, is born.
23/02/1685 George Frederic Handel, composer, is
born in Germany.
23/02/1908. Sir William McMahon, Australian Prime
Minister 1972-1973 is born.
24/02/1582 Pope Gregory 13th announced the Gregorian Calendar.24/02/1786. Wilhelm Grimm, co-author of Grimm’s Fairy Tales is born.
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24/02/1920 The Nazi Party was founded in Germany.
24/02/1993 Sir Bobby Moore, English Footballer, dies.
24/02/2008 Fidel Castro retires as President of Cuba after nearly 50 years.
24/02/2011. Final launch of the Space Shuttle
“Discovery.”
25/02/1723 Sir Christopher Wren, English Architect, dies.
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25/02/1873 Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor, is born.
25/02/1938 Herb Elliot, Australian champion athlete, is born.
25/02/2001 Sir Donald Bradman, Australian Cricketer, dies.
26/02/1802 Victor Hugo, French Writer, is born.
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26/02/1815 Napoleon escapes from the island of Elba.
26/02/1829 Levi Strauss, German Clothing Designer, is born.
26/02/1935 The German Air Force “The Luftwaffe” was reformed.
27/02/1902 John Steinbeck, American writer, is
born.
27/02/1932 Elizabeth Taylor, British actress, is born.
Slide2828/02/2013. Pope Benedict 16th.
resigns as Head of the
Catholic Church becoming the
first Pope since 1415 to do so.
29/02/2012. Davy Jones of the British
Pop Group: The
Monkees dies.THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY
Slide29QUOTE OF THE MONTHFEBRUARY
“ In come the dollars, in come the cents; to replace the
pounds and the shillings and the pence.
Be prepared folks when the coins begin to mix;
On the 14
th
of February 1966.” The gingle used to announce that Australia was converting to decimal currency on the 14th. February 1966.